“The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s.”
Bond is “anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today”
“Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes”
All quotes from Matt Damon talking about James Bond at the premiere of the new Bourne movie. Now, I like Damon, I like the Bourne movies, hell, I argued the James Bond franchise needed to go back that way, towards a grittier style, but Bond is way from over, as can be seen by the recent popularity of Casino Royale.
Bourne and Bond are two totally different characters, Bond first hit the scene in 1953, Bourne didn’t make it until 1980. Bond at least has the comfort that his character and stories made it to the big screen largely intact, Bourne was completely re-written, both story and character. Anyway, I don’t think Bond has stayed where he was, he was a single man, a womaniser, who has expensive tastes and no problem with killing. He has changed over the years; he’s given up, then come back to smoking, changed his views on women, is happily managed by a woman and is still making sure the bad guys get put in their place, all for the greater good. Bourne is too busy saving his own backside and trying to clear his name.
Bourne is a ruthless, vicious killer when he needs to be, without stopping, without remorse, without a look back or a second thought. They’ve both suffered tragedies and found it better to be alone (not in the books, Bourne has a wife and kids).
The difference is that everyone wants to see a suave spy, saving the world and getting the gorgeous girls, but there’s only so long Bourne can run.
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